History of Europe during the French Revolution
History of Europe during the French Revolution
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USDArchibald Alison (1792–1867) was a Scottish historian with a particular interest in the French Revolution. He wrote from a deeply conservative standpoint and was a fierce opponent of the 1832 Reform Act. Although mocked by Disraeli in Coningsby as 'Mr Wordy', he wrote works which became bestsellers in the nineteenth century. This ten-volume History of Europe during the French Revolution, published between 1833 and 1842, regarded the French Revolution as the origin of all that was wrong with modern Europe. Alison feared that while Britain had escaped revolution in 1789, democratic reform could still lead to anarchy, as in the French July Revolution of 1830. Although criticised by Acton and J. S. Mill for his methodology, Alison has more recently been studied by scholars for insights into nineteenth-century historiography. Volume 1 compares pre-Revolutionary France with England, and carries the narrative up to the execution of Louis XVI.
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January 2011Paperback
9781108025379
616 pages
216 × 140 × 34 mm
0.78kg
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. Comparative progress of freedom in France and England
- 2. Causes in France which predisposed to revolution
- 3. Constituent assembly, from its opening to the revolt at Versailles
- 4. From the revolt at Versailles to the conclusion of the constituent assembly
- 5. From the opening of the legislative assembly to the fall of the monarchy
- 6. State of Europe prior to the commencement of the war
- 7. Campaign of 1792
- 8. French Republic - from the dethronement to the death of Louis.
